The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for June 20, 2022

IOW: Mother Gargoyle gave you another – “doorstop!!!” SWEET!!!

/SHMIRK/

Mother Gargoyle gave away one of her relatives?

See my essay ‘Fruitcakes of the World Unite’ for an analysis http://howlandbolton.com/essays/read_more.php?sid=63

Ouch, what a thoughtful gift. Sigh!

Mother gargle is nuttier than a fruitcake.

Back in the late 90s I worked at a hardware store. One day the owner of the local bakery came in and asked if we had Portland Cement. I couldn’t resist and said “Is that the secret ingredient in fruitcake?”

Great, another brick.

Probably has arsenic in it!

she really, really dislikes poor brutus…

Sweets to the sweet, and fruitcakes…

Give her a bag of nuts, Brutus.

at least you can do something with it. cause insults are hard to throw away. ;)

Brutus – Tell him. It’s sitting on table in office break room. You lucky stiffs.

I’m thoroughly convinced my neighbor is a fruitcake..

Maybe Gladys can warm it up in her microwave now that Brutus wrecked her new cookbook.

The term “Recycle” was coined by Albert Recycle in the early 20th Century to describe the passing around of gift fruitcakes……

A mere touch of lemon juice or clean orange juice can make it yummy again. That is after 10 seconds in the microwave while wrapped.

Should be petrified by now.

Well Brutus, now you have the perfect gift for Veeblefester’s next birthday.

The part that tickles me is the concept of a “batch” of fruitcakes. Does Gargoyle get them in bulk to give out to her beloved son-in-law? Or has she collected them for years? And does she have “friends” who give them to her?Wow one word really paints a picture doesn’t it?

He will eat it, right?

I actually like fruitcake (even been known to have baked a couple, in my younger days) but for the sake of the strip, I’ll play along. So:

“Another fruitcake . . . " Makes me wonder how many he’s accumulated over the years. When he has enough, maybe he can use them to build a wall and keep Mother Gargle out of the house.

I suggest Brutus donate it to a local food bank—if the good folks there will take it. Mother G. never has to know.

Interesting gift description for a family comic strip. Most ‘Gifts that keep on giving’ require a penicillin shot afterwards. This one only requires a strong antacid.

One winter my brothers country waterline froze so my dad & a friend helped him did up the line set a propane gas heater into the trench and overed it to thaw. WE was drinking some Black Velvet out of the bottle,then went in the house for a while My brother got out a gallon of vanilla Ice Cream and set up 4 big bowls. We ended up pouring whiskey in the bowl also and made some Black Velvet floats Very good i must say!!

Drunks enjoy any booze. BV is Cheap stuff. Hope your taste improved.